Death, Movies and the Song
They say your whole life passes infront of your eyes when you breath your last. I wouldn't know, but I cant imagine what exactly would I like to see before I go. My school days back home, hostel fun in pune, my histrionics on stage, the amazing times in tempe or the times to come, better or worse! It would be probably like a hazy dream. I just hope its not a nightmare!
To give a rough idea about how we exactly go about visualising a period of time, consider the ending scene in American Beauty where Kevin Spacey gets shot. Hes smiling and before he dies he sees his life, which we see as a collection of scenes in quick succession. Thats the beauty of movies, we can see what we cant usually.
Or like Aamir's dream sequence in DCH...the director actually wants us to see what hes thinking, and its done as a fast sequence, just as we might think in a minute.
But my favourite is a scene in Notting Hill, where Hugh Grant is walking on the street towards his shop. To show a considerable lapse of time, we see seasons changing quickly from summer to spring, from snow to sunshine. At the start you see a pregnant woman and at the end of the scene you see her holding her baby. And the whole scene is set on a beautiful background song:
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she always gone too long anytime she goes away
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
Great Scene.
And thats all I have to say about that.
To give a rough idea about how we exactly go about visualising a period of time, consider the ending scene in American Beauty where Kevin Spacey gets shot. Hes smiling and before he dies he sees his life, which we see as a collection of scenes in quick succession. Thats the beauty of movies, we can see what we cant usually.
Or like Aamir's dream sequence in DCH...the director actually wants us to see what hes thinking, and its done as a fast sequence, just as we might think in a minute.
But my favourite is a scene in Notting Hill, where Hugh Grant is walking on the street towards his shop. To show a considerable lapse of time, we see seasons changing quickly from summer to spring, from snow to sunshine. At the start you see a pregnant woman and at the end of the scene you see her holding her baby. And the whole scene is set on a beautiful background song:
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she always gone too long anytime she goes away
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
Great Scene.
And thats all I have to say about that.
5 Comments:
aye yaaara! need something dark, gothic and pessimistic man. i thought the red font signified thats; but thats bubblegum :(
well, when i first read the title and saw the font colour, i too thought it would be kinda dark thing or something.. but turned to be a very gud surprise.
my favourite movie, one of my fav moments frm the film and a very nice song. made the rest of my day.
God Bless Hugh Grant.thanks abhay.
That Al Green song is a cracker! I loved that part of the movie. I kinda know how it feels, this lack of sunshine thing when youre not together.
aye yaaara! dark, gothic, pessismistic bhi aayega..sabka number aayega baba. sala galti hui ye font color leke :p
Sonu, Aj hows it goin? I know, the song is gr8, so is the movie :)
keep reading!
stuff abt the song in the movie:
"AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE"
Written by Bill Withers
Performed by Bill Withers
Used by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
its a cover version by bill withers of the original al green song. see lyrics here
http://www.reallyrics.com/lyrics/B004500010001.asp
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